Goodbye Google Analytics. Hello Piwik.

I have been using more and more open source software since moving to DigitalOcean and starting my new blog here on shinyidol.us [https://shinyidol.us/]. So far I have been very happy

Out of the Ashes of Irrational Games

Back in February Irrational Games announced that it will be closing its doors. The news was sad on two levels for me just being a fan of the games Irrational has made over

Start of the Great Juicing Experiment of 2014

Since I started working out in Redmond it has become harder to keep my weight down. The building I work at doesn't have a cafeiera like other buildings on campus, so healthier options

Quick Look at NodeBB

In my search to find forums using modern technology I stumbled onto NodeBB [http://www.nodebb.org], a new open source forum build on the Node.js [http://nodejs.org/] framework. I figure

What If? Condemned 3

One of the best times of my entire career in gaming was working on Condemned: Criminal Origins and Condemned 2: Bloodshot. The friends I made while working on that team still are strong